Quote of the Day (John Adams, on Threats to the Constitution)

“Avarice, ambition, revenge, and licentiousness would break the strongest cords of our Constitution, as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” —John Adams (1735-1826), signer of the Declaration of Independence and second U.S. President, in a letter to the Officers of the first Brigade of the Third Division of the Militia of Massachusetts, Oct. 11, 1798, quoted by Maria Campbell, Revolutionary Services and Civil Life of General William Hull (1847)

TV Quote of the Day (‘The Sopranos,’ on Revenge)

Anthony “Tony” Soprano Sr. [played by James Gandolfini]: “You know what they say: ‘Revenge is like serving cold cuts.’”

Dr. Jennifer Melfi [played by Lorraine Bracco]: “I think it's ‘Revenge is a dish best served cold.’"

Tony: “What did I say?” —The Sopranos, Season 5, Episode 10, “Cold Cuts,” original air date May 9, 2004, teleplay by Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, directed by Mike Figgis

Quote of the Day (Viv Albertine, on Reinvention as Revenge)

“Don’t you love it when that happens? You meet someone who wasn’t interested in you, then a couple of years later you meet again and you’ve reinvented yourself.”—Viv Albertine, former lead guitarist in the punk-era band the Slits, in Clothes Clothes Clothes Music Music Music Boys Boys Boys (2014)